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* The Social Security administration is required by law to send statements to workers once a year outlining their projected benefits. You should receive it about 3 months before your birthday. If you do not receive it, call 1-800-772-1213 or go to http://www.ssa.gov/. [59]
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Parents or applicants for SSI may be in for a real shock when they apply for SSI and present their special needs or supplemental needs trust for review by the Social Security Administration. Benefit determination delays, confusion, and incorrect determination decisions are commonplace, until more expertise and experience is gained with the new regulations. While eligibility criteria have tightened considerably, there are still planning opportunities available to families who want to plan for the future of their children with special needs. A basic understanding of the new regulations and state Medicaid law is critical to proper planning.
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* In 2015, the U.S. government is projected to owe 2,879 billion dollars to the Social Security program. This comes to $9,000 (in year 2000 dollars) for every man, woman, and child who will be living in the United States at that time. The interest on this debt is projected to be 181 billion dollars a year. [137]
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Since 2000, the number of disabled workers in America has increased by 35 percent according to recent Social Security Administration data. At the same time, the financial health of many American workers has declined. Workers are not only spending their earnings, but ... are dipping deeper into their savings and going into debt to make ends meet. The overall 2006 U.S. savings rate was negative 1 percent -- the worst since the Great Depression. These statistics are distressing, considering two-thirds of respondents with a 401k or IRA plan are unaware of what would happen to their retirement savings should they become disabled and unable to earn an income.
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Each year, just before Mother's Day, the Social Security Administration releases a list of the names most commonly given to newborn babies in the United States in the previous year, based on applications for Social Security cards. The report includes the 1,000 most common names for each sex. The [Popular Baby Names] page on the SSA website provides the complete list and allows searches for past years and particular names.[11]
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In the instructions issued by the Social Security Administration to its field offices, forensic patients who have been officially released from confinement in an institution, may have their benefits reinstated. Forensic patients who are part of a conditional release program and whose "basic living needs" are no longer being maintained by the institution will ... have their benefits reinstated. The instructions clearly indicate that basic living needs do not include continued treatment of medical care. Also, a patient will not be considered in continued confinement if that patient resides in a group home subsidized by the state mental health agency.
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